diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 957f595e..cf3893ae 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	cp CONF.sh debian/debian-cd/etc/debian-cd/conf.sh
 	ln -sf /etc/debian-cd/conf.sh \
                debian/debian-cd/usr/share/debian-cd/CONF.sh
-	find debian/debian-cd -name '.svn' | xargs -r rm -rf
 	find debian/debian-cd/usr/share/debian-cd/tools/boot \
 	  \( -name 'boot-*' -o -name 'post-boot-*' \) -a \! -name '*.txt' \
 	  -a \! -name '*.calc' -a \! -name boot-x86 -a \! -name boot-kfreebsd \